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Purbeck, Isle of
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
The peninsula in South Dorsetshire lying between the river Frome, Poole Harbour, and the English Channel; formerly a royal deer-forest; has a precipitous coast, and inland consists of chalk downs; nearly 100 quarries are wrought of "Purbeck marble."
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Purbeck, Isle of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/purbeck-isle-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.